President-elect Trump’s resounding victory last week threatens to further isolate his few remaining GOP critics on Capitol Hill. The shrinking group of Republicans who have bucked the president-elect underscores Trump’s dominance over the party and raises questions about how this GOP faction will navigate the new political reality in Washington. Only a handful of vocal […]
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Will Biden or Trump pardon Hunter?
As President Joe Biden gathers his personal affairs from the White House in preparation for his departure, he’ll also have to grapple with a huge elephant in the room: whether to pardon his son Hunter. Ahead of his exit, Biden will at some point meet with Donald Trump, the President-Elect – who appears, at least […]
Does Trump election = a “get out of jail card”?
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it is seeking to wind down two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his second term. With two other cases outstanding and the legal jeopardy expected to diminish in the months ahead, here’s a timeline of Trump’s legal troubles after his first departure from the Oval […]
Trump elected 47th President of the U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump addressed his supporters in the nation early Wednesday morning after earning more than 270 electoral votes, vowing he will lead the “golden age of America” after launching the “greatest political movement of all time.” “This was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. There’s never been anything like this in […]
Migrants in Mexico terrified of a Trump win
“I love Kamala Harris,” a young Venezuelan man declared as he rested on the side of a highway in southern Mexico last week. His belongings were heaped at his feet. Hundreds of fellow migrants stretched out along the roadway in both directions. They’re headed for the U.S. and nearly all of them have an opinion […]
Whoever loses will face political party upheaval
The Republican and Democratic parties are both facing a crossroads in Tuesday’s election, which is likely to determine the direction each takes over the next few years. If former President Trump defeats Vice President Harris, he would secure the transformation of the GOP from the pro-trade, pro-immigration and globalist party that former President Reagan epitomized […]
Whoever wins is sure to face a divided nation
In a race to the wire, Vice President Harris will return to Pennsylvania today after focusing on younger voters in Michigan Sunday where she touted “momentum.” Former President Trump returns today to North Carolina, Michigan and Pennsylvania after campaigning Sunday in the Tar Heel State and Georgia. The usually-jaunty former president conceded Sunday to ABC […]
Will the blue wall splinter this year?
On Sunday, the last New York Times-Siena College poll before Tuesday’s election found Harris and Trump are tied in Pennsylvania and Michigan. The vice president has a 2-point lead in Wisconsin, but that finding is within the survey’s sampling error. Real Clear Politics polling averages present similar results. Harris is leading in Michigan and Wisconsin […]
Did Trump menace Cheney with a firing squad?
No one knows how Election Day will turn out. But if the press’s panicked behavior this week is any sign, including its false claim that former President Donald Trump called for Republican critic Liz Cheney to be executed by firing squad, things won’t go well for Vice President Kamala Harris. A confident team doesn’t resort […]
Biden calls all Trump supporters “Garbage”
President Biden went viral Tuesday night for comments disparaging Trump supporters as his No. 2, Vice President Kamala Harris, made a major speech to voters calling for unity from the Ellipse right outside the White House. During a virtual Harris campaign call with Voto Latino, Biden took a swipe at former President Trump’s rally in […]
One week til’ D-Day; How do the polls look?
The 2024 election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris appears closer than ever as the race enters its final week. Pollsters and forecasters are saying that Trump has the slight edge over the Democratic candidate, but that it could still go either way. Trump’s national average numbers have improved slightly against Harris since last week, […]
With a week to go Trump & Harris are dead even
Amid an election-defining gender gap that is now tied for the largest this year, the already close presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has become closer still. But vote differences in the 2024 election between men and women are not just crosstabs on a poll memo. They reflect divergent attitudes about larger social […]